Bill Harley is a great storyteller, and as you might expect, he's a great conversationalist, too.

In this episode, I talk with Harley about sabbaticals -- he recently completed one, and I wanted to find out what it's like, what he gained, and what he'd suggest for anyone else interested in taking a break from their day-to-day life.

In this episode, I talk with the guitarist/songwriter for the South Carolina band Lunch Money about the world premiere of the musical Planet Hopping that the band has created with Belle et Bête, a South Carolina-based puppetry duo. If you are at all near the Columbia, South Carolina area this weekend (Friday and Saturday, Nov. 15 & 16), do attend, but even if you can't be, listen and find out more about the musical and about stretching in new areas can help you out in the old areas.

This episode is more kindie-focused than most here at MOOG. It features a conversation with Brady Rymer, a successful kindie musician in his own right leading Brady Rymer and the Little Band That Could, but since earlier this year also the bass player in The Laurie Berkner Band. We talk about what it's like to sometimes play second fiddle after many years playing first, learning from Laurie, and how to balance both sides of that musical life.

This episode features Darren Critz, the Director of Performing Arts for New York City's Symphony Space. Darren is not a sports fan. We talk about childhood sporting memories, the similarities and differences between watching performing arts and sports, and deciding how much sports to bring into our kids' lives. Also, the 1976 Olympics discus event.

This episode features Ashley Albert, the genius behind kid rockers The Jimmies. In this episode, she talks about her newest (and biggest) project, the soon-to-be-opening Royal Palms Shuffleboard Parlor, its inspiration, and how she finds time (or doesn't) to follow her many obsessions.

With much better luck than I had in my initial attempt to get the Kindie Week in Review podcast up into iTunes, the feed for this podcast got picked up pretty quickly. So, if you go to this link, you'll be automagically directed to the iTunes Store page for the podcast. Please subscribe and rate and review the podcast, no matter what your opinion -- subscriptions and ratings help the podcast's visibility in iTunes generally.